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" Antijacobin may, on their respective sides of the question, be considered as models of that style Of political satire, whose lightness and vivacity give it the appearance of proceeding rather from the wantonness of wit than of ill-nature, and whose very... "
The London Magazine - Page 568
1825
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45

1827 - 790 pages
...to those pieces of meat to which diamonds adhered. ' And then adds more seriously — ' The RolHad and The Antijacobin may, on their respective sides...readily admit that by no less shining powers can a license so questionable be either assumed or palliated, and that nothing but the lively effervescence...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1

Thomas Moore - 1826 - 570 pages
...from the wantonness of wit than of ill-nature, and whose very malice, from the fancy with which it i» mixed up, like certain kinds of fire-works, explodes...readily admit that by no less shining powers can a license so questionable be either assumed or palliated, and that nothing but the lively effervescence...
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The Life of the Rt. Hon. George Canning

Robert Bell - 1846 - 376 pages
...Lord Rolle. Mr. Moore, in his " Life of Sheridan," says : " The ' Rolliad' and the ' Anti- Jacobin' may, on their respective sides of the question, be...certain kinds of fireworks, explodes in sparkles." This playful description may be allowed to apply with sufficient accuracy to the " Rolliad;" but it...
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Poetry of The Anti-Jacobin [by G. Canning and others].

Anti-Jacobin The - 1852 - 272 pages
...MACKINTOSH and JEFPBEY, MOOKE and BYRON. Mr. Moore, in his Life of Sheridan, observes, " The Kolliad and the Anti-Jacobin may, on their respective sides...certain kinds of fire-works, explodes in sparkles." As the poems refer to occurrences long since past, a rapid glance at the state of events at that time...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 30

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 610 pages
...times. Tom Moore has said of the two works to which we have been more especially calling attention : " 'The Rolliad ' and the ' Anti-Jacobin ' may, on their...certain kinds of fire-works, explodes in sparkles." The poetry of the ' Anti-Jacobin' deserved a reprint ; and we rejoice to hear that Mr. Edmonds's first...
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The Retrospective Review: Consisting of Criticisms Upon, Analyses ..., Volume 1

1853 - 446 pages
...works to which we have been more especially calling attention : "'The Rolliad' and the 'Anti- Jacobin' may, on their respective sides of the question, be...certain kinds of fire-works, explodes in sparkles." The poetry of the ' Anti- Jacobin' deserved a reprint; and we rejoice to hear that Mr. Edmonds's first...
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Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated Political & Satirical ...

George Canning, John Hookham Frere, George Ellis, Charles Carrington, William Gifford - 1854 - 288 pages
...critics as MACKINTOSH and JEFFREY, MOORE and BYRON. Mr. Moore, in his Life of Sheridan, observes, " The Rolliad and the Anti-Jacobin may, on their respective...certain kinds of fire-works, explodes in sparkles." As the poems refer to occurrences long since past, a rapid glance at the state of events at that time...
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Poetry of The Anti-Jacobin [by G. Canning and others].

Anti-Jacobin The - 1854 - 296 pages
...critics as MACKINTOSH and JEFFREY, MOOEE and BYRON. Mr. Moore, in his Life of Sheridan, observes, " The -Rolliad and the Anti-Jacobin may, on their respective...certain kinds of fire-works, explodes in sparkles." As the poems refer to occurrences long since past, a rapid glance at the state of events at that time...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Rt: Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Thomas Moore - 1858 - 326 pages
...vigorous abilities with which nature had ccitainly endowed them. The effusions themselves are full of proceeding rather from the wantonness of wit than...readily admit that by no less shining powers can a license so questionable be either assumed or palliated, and that nothing but the lively effervescence...
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The works of John Hookham Frere, collected with a mem. by W.E. and ..., Volume 1

John Hookham Frere - 1872 - 628 pages
...vivacity give it the appearance of " proceeding rather from the wantonness of wit than of " ill nature, and whose very malice, from the fancy with " which it is mixed up, like certain kinds of fireworks, ex" plodes in sparkles." Nor can there be any doubt that the " Loves of the " Triangles," " The Progress...
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